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bigtree

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2. I was there every time in D.C.

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 12:13 PM

Oct 18

...protesting against the Iraq wars.

It was one of the first times I saw the young folks resembling us hippies, mirror images.

We're seeing many of those same folks in the streets today, I'd think, all grow'd up.

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This has to be the first time a president has been protested in such large numbers for his wholesale tyranny [View all] bigtree Oct 18 OP

I did a lot of protesting and marching in both Bush's years. ananda Oct 18 #1

I was there every time in D.C. bigtree Oct 18 #2

We did a candlelight vigil at Mecom Fountain in Houston. ananda Oct 18 #3

I was on the street corner with about a dozen of us bigtree Oct 18 #4